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What is a good business career for me?

-I am a very much science/math type person. I especially like calculus and super-complicated physics and stuff like that (this could be a bit of a problem because I know much of biz doesn't involve much math or science beyond basics)
-I want a job that pays well (around 120k-150k) relatively soon after either undergrad or MBA (within 2-3 years), but doesn't work killer hours. I want to have SOME time to enjoy life outside of work, but I am willing to work long enough so that I can live very comfortably (so around 120k should be fine)
-A career that isnt like I-banking or consulting where even if your school is 5 places out of the top 15, you cant enter the field because the hirers are prestige whores.
-A career that has relatively good prospects. I don't want to be in a job where I will get outsourced or laid off because this particular industry is known to not have great prospects.

The only profession I can think of off the top of my head where you can make that type of money without working too hard is sales.

Even then, you would come in with no network and would need to be a GREAT salesman to hit those numbers. My brother was making 100k straight out of college (despite a 2.0 GPA) with a 50k base salary plus commissions. However, he was a chemical salesman and his job required a chemical engineering degree because he did a lot of work with the chemicals he sold.

Aside from that, you could start your own business (normally takes long hours). However, in reality you will probably not be making anything close to that in 3-5 years regardless of what you do especially if you don't have the drive to work long hours.

A few financial industries like Ibank/PE/HF will offer salaries your looking for, not too sure about hours though. Your asking for a combo of high salary and low work hours, which is pretty hard to find. I think you are searching for "the holy grail" of careers which will let you make the most money and work the least, but I would say that career does not exist.

okay, what I mean is that I want a job similar to consulting in terms of salary/hours. Those are livable to me (and the salary is surplus). There's no guarentees that I will get recruited into consulting, which is why I'm looking for good back up careers as well, so does anyone have an idea about this now that I've narrowed it down, and given you something to base your comparisons off of?

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